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Our last toddler time of the year is this coming Tuesday, May 7th! We would love for you and your littles to join us! 🍦
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Attention DES and DMS Retirees: We would love to honor our retired staff members with a luncheon held in your honor for all the years and dedication you put into our schools! Please RSVP to Dacusville Elementary by May 8th.
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4th graders used clues to determine missing information from 8 important Civil War battles.
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Congratulations to our April Distinguished Dolphins. We celebrated with them on Thursday during our Distinguished Dolphins Breakfast. #dacusvillegrown
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Congratulations to Ms. Carmen Cole who was recognized as our Pizza Inn Cares Teacher for the month of May. Thank you to Pizza Inn for their support and partnership this year! #dacusvillegrown
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GT students researched summer Olympics, including locations and events. Students were then challenged to create a mini version of an event using basic classroom supplies. Then, they participated in the mini Summer Olympics, DES style. Needless to say, they had a blast! Make sure you catch some of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris, France.
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Today we celebrated some of our former students as Pickens High School Class of 2024 walked the halls of their former elementary school. We wish all of our former Dolphins the very best life has to offer! #dacusvillegrown
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Attention DES and DMS Retirees: We would love to honor our retired staff members with a luncheon held in your honor for all the years and dedication you put into our schools! Please RSVP to Dacusville Elementary by May 8th.
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Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year for 24-25 Carmen Cole and our Support Employee of the Year for 24-25 Sherri Keaton
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Happy National Principal Appreciation Day to our very own Mr. Chapman! Thank you for all you do!
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Della Watkins, 5th grader at Dacusville Elementary, was the state 5th grade winner in the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Essay Contest. Essays were judged for historical accuracy, adherence to the topic, organization of materials, interest, originality, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and neatness. Congratulations to Della and her teacher, Mrs. Kylee Monroe. #dacusvillegrown
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Congratulations to Miss Carmen Cole, our new Teacher of the Year, and Mrs. Sherri Keaton, our new Support Employee of the Year! These ladies are truly amazing. They are so positive and go above and beyond everyday to ensure DES is an excellent place for students to learn and grow!
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We hope to see you there!!
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Third graders went on a fossil excavation!
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This week 4th and 5th grade students attended Dacusville’s very own skill boot camp! They worked on a variety of Reading and Math skills to earn Mastery Beads for their dog tags! This was an excellent review before State Testing begins for our students next week!
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We are so excited to welcome our next group of Gold Waves to band next year! Did you miss Instrument Test-Drive night? We have a second one scheduled for Monday, April 29th from 6:00-8:00pm. Drop in and test out all the instruments we teach! There is no prerequisite - all are welcome! If you have any questions, please come talk to Mr. Carpenter, our band teacher. He will gladly answer any question you have! 💜💛🌊
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We hope you and your child can join us this Friday, April 26th for our DSO-sponsored GLOW PARTY!
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Last Thursday we had a time to celebrate some amazing students for demonstrating one of our 24 Positivity Project Character Strengths during our March Distinguished Dolphins breakfast. We are very proud of each of them for their contributions to our positive school culture. #dacusvillegrown
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We had so much fun during our Kindergarten Morning S.T.E.A.M. event last Friday. Students listened to the story, Little Red Fort, and then worked through the Engineering Design Process to build forts that provided protection from the "sun." Students demonstrated creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration as well as perseverance as they designed, built, and tested their models. #dacusvillegrown
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Last week we got the opportunity to celebrate some of our 1st grade authors at our Authors' Tea event. We are so proud of our students and how far they have come in their writing thanks to their teachers' hard work.
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